About
Chris Edwards works in fund operations and portfolio management at Tall Grass Ventures, working with prospective founders and evaluating investment risk and upside. He has 20 years of professional experience, earlier focused on deploying capital into oil and gas projects in Canada and abroad, M&A evaluations, and managing multinational teams, and has more recently worked as an independent investor doing deal sourcing and investment analysis within angel syndicates and other venture funds. His international work led him to transition into agriculture and agri-food innovation.
Invests in
AgTechFoodTech
Experience
- Tall Grass VenturesManaging Partnercurrent2021 — presentCalgary, Alberta, Canada
- Beuvray Ventures Corp.Investor - Advisorcurrent2020 — presentCanada
- Vermilion EnergyAsset Manager - Netherlands Business Unit2019 — 2020The Randstad, Netherlands
- Vermilion EnergyAsset Team Manager - Paris Basin2015 — 2018St Mery, France
- Vermilion EnergyTeam Lead Engineering - Paris Basin2013 — 2015St Mery, France
- Vermilion EnergyExploitation Engineer2012 — 2013Parentis en Born, France
- Legacy Oil and GasExploitation Engineer2010 — 2012
- Fairborne Energy Ltd.Area Engineer2008 — 2010
- Grand Banks Energy Corp.Operations Engineer2007 — 2008Greater Calgary Metropolitan Area
- Harvest Energy TrustExploitation Engineer2004 — 2007Greater Calgary Metropolitan Area
Education
- IMDExecutive MBA with Honours2019 — 2020
- INSEADCertificate in Global Management2016 — 2018
- University of AlbertaBachelor of Science (BSc), Petroleum Engineering1998 — 2004
Skills & more
Business Strategy2Sustainable Development1Project Management6Corporate FinanceMarketing StrategyCustomer ExperienceBusiness DevelopmentFinanceMarketingStart-upsBusinessDigital Strategy
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Crisis ManagementLuxury GoodsBranding & Identitysustainability strategyProject EngineeringEntrepreneurshipEngineeringBrandingDecision-MakingStrategyStrategic PlanningStrategic ThinkingFrom Chris's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended IMD143
Karthik ChakkarapaniInvestor at Foundation CapitalKulpreet SinghOperating Advisor at OpenOceanMusaad AlkadiSr. Principal at Graphene VenturesGrant AllenFounding GP, Schneider Electric Ventures at Giant Ventures Global LlpDavidFormer Chief Technology Officer at Acadian Ventures Management, LlcXavier MesnierPartner, Head of Frontiers in Health & Bio Investments at Verve Ventures
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Also attended INSEAD697
Patrick ClaessenPartner at Cottonwood Technology FundChris BischoffInvestment Team at General CatalystJan HammerInvestor at Index VenturesSandra SchwarzerInvestor at Index VenturesStephane KurganInvestor at Index VenturesMahesha SubramaniamHead of Client Relations at Golden Gate Ventures
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Also attended University of Alberta51
Rohit SharmaInvestor at True VenturesTrish HendersonAdvisor at Tall Grass VenturesSola CarrenaManaging Director, PE Team at Helios Digital VenturesMichaelInvestor at Runtime VenturesMichael SuttonGeneral Partner & Co-Founder at Runtime VenturesBill CampbellAdvisor at Katalyst Ventures
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Colleagues at Tall Grass Ventures
Brett McMickell
Advisor at Tall Grass Ventures
Chris Paterson
Venture Partner at Tall Grass Ventures
Connie Wiltshire
Executive Administrator at Tall Grass Ventures
David Sullivan
Venture Partner at Tall Grass Ventures
David Zoric
Venture Analyst at Tall Grass Ventures
Jon Ladd
Advisor at Tall Grass Ventures
Lori Ell
Advisor at Tall Grass Ventures
Marlise Hunter
Director of Platform at Tall Grass Ventures